futility; waste; uselessness; pointlessness; idleness
to lick; to lap; to taste; to experience (esp. a hardship); to look down on (someone); to make fun of
energy; energy; strength; energy source; energy resource; food energy
absorption; suction; attraction
this; this one; this person; now; this point (in time); here; used to stress the subject of a sentence
how; in what way; how about
no good; not serving its purpose; hopeless; wasted; cannot; must not
to suck up; to absorb; to squeeze (money)
aah!; ooh!; oh no!; oh boy!
to lose; to be defeated; to succumb; to give in; to be inferior to; to break out in a rash due to (e.g. lacquer, shaving, etc.)
dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable
behind; rear; after; later; remainder; the rest; more (e.g. five more minutes)
Mercury (Roman god); Mercury (planet); mercury (Hg)
self-consciousness; self-awareness
to hold (in one's hand); to take; to possess; to have; to maintain; to keep; to last
idiot; moron; trivial matter; folly; stupid; foolish
companion; partner; other party; addressee; opponent (sports, etc.)
hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour
tenacious; tough; enduring; dogged; headstrong; stubborn
to summon courage; to be brave
to persevere; to persist; to insist that; to stick to (one's opinion); to remain in a place; to stick to one's post
please; somehow or other; one way or another
to hold up over one's head; to hold aloft; to hold over something; to hold (one's hands) out (e.g. towards a fire); to hold up to shade one's eyes, face, etc.
yes; that is correct; understood; I see; present; here; pardon?
oneself; oneself; for oneself; personally
to advance; to go forward; to precede; to go ahead (of); to make progress; to improve; to deepen
to fall down; to drop; to be omitted; to be missing; to decrease; to sink; to fail (e.g. exam or class)
to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)
to receive; to take; to get somebody to do something; to have in one's pocket (a fight, match); to contract (a disease); to catch
to reach the point that; to come to be that; to turn into
to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)
what kind of; what sort of; what; no matter what (kind of); whatever; any
by the way; incidentally; even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)
to come true (of a wish, prayer, etc.); to be realized; to suit (e.g. a purpose); to meet (wishes, ideals, etc.); to match (implies competition); to rival
even though; despite; when
thanks to ...; owing to ...; because of ...
to be saved; to be rescued; to escape harm; to be spared damage; to be helped; to be saved trouble